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TI-2011-03608 Aliases CVE-2011-4090GHSA-q53h-rp87-x968

Serendipity before 1.6 has an XSS issue in the karma plugin which may allow privilege escalation.

Priority LOW 33CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Serendipity before 1.6 has an XSS issue in the karma plugin which may allow privilege escalation.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03399 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed serendipity (serendipity): 1.6

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Serendipityserendipitybefore 1.61.6Patch availableCNA
  • serendipity VendorSerendipity Affected before 1.6 Fixed in 1.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.6Vulnerables9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.6 Vulnerable ·s9y

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA serendipity (serendipity) Fixed in 1.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-4090
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q53h-rp87-x968

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2024-38379 Serendipity 2.5.0 Remote Code Execution via Authenticated Media Upload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2007-01275 SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Serendipity 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-05310 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity (s9y) 1.0.1 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2011-03184 Cross-site scripting in serendipity freetag plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2007-04145 The "Extended properties for entries" (entryproperties) plugin in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-01413 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Serendipity (S9Y) before 1.3 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
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Sources

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